Vest



L. FRUHAUF Aug. 27, 1935.

VEST

- 1 N VEN TOR.

6 MM ATTORNEY.

Filed Sept. 13, 1954 elphs-the' ciees i th F rt re when Patented Aug.27, 1935 Um-TED STAT-ES My present invention relates to clothing, and.zi'sfiidfii fififiiimfii fly in the provision of means :for :md 9iefieet n elimination u a wrinkles n mehis teats below the ta e and. forthe :fl or the teller on or at the back oftheneck. r

In the majority of cases where ready-made tents are werh and, flfl neven in the ea e of rmetie townder costs; there appea s belowzthhenllgr-andzbetweeh the shoulders of the wearer; a :m'ik fi which i110'smQu-nt of alteration or fitting "will eliminate i been p o o o inserta psd-intheeoat 'bQlQW th -collar and between the -:shoulde s it 1111-out=,.the heat t th ar r thewrihkle lwilly Occurs. However, there areobjeetions to the attachment ofpads :to flthe wgts, whieh reside chieflyinthe facts that while the wriek esmay, in some cases, beelim- :by the pd the u li e o the pads ar noticeable when-the coats are worn. Also,when .ceets parls attached thereto are pressed, a. simmrted othe-eutensuflw them the oat are emeved the pads a e visible. 7

me f om the fore n obje ti ns t them .wisieh pi :e in or on the coatitself tor the of elimina ing wrinkles, .attacmne the to the coatifeiislto take into consideration theim rtehee 9f fibuikling up thebody: so that the eop,-t will noniorm to the; surface therebefIhe-t is.there i a hollow between the shoulders. and below the n e s of most men.d when the pad is attachedto thecoat itself the .amemenelyiies thehollow an mqves with th ieeat Eutthemiere, the case of roundsh ulderedweeni itjs usuall the case that th mat hceliar does notzmufllyfit thneck, land-even with the and a tached n the coat this co o .stiliexiste.v1-

a with-the ioregein inmind, the princ p gene "ergliohj eotmtmy presentinvention is to eliminate theweinkiin: at the'beeks-Qf mats below thecol-V llar by fibuilding .up the bodyxby providingzmeens preferably onor in the vest to but the hollow at, the a'rea' below theneck andbetween the shoul- I,5 ;xhs'a hJz e eccqmpan ing a h i 1.. asidelevations)! a vest. showi g in dqttei li ies apart attachedttheretoiinaccordance withoneiprm t; inyention;

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Fig. 3 is :an enlarged sectional view" ,t aken on the line 33 of Fig.2;-

In ig; 1. the numeral .9 desi nates one sides of a vest, which iusuany.made- 01 eag'ftffib ic PATENTi OF houses 'veszrf -mhaur,rihem, nfyf VAnhliaflonSehtember 13, nig ttim If Q w so aims. (011-5102?) v p M ofthe :ofa. vestshotting :l ooation n 8- 11s .aiirame tar esteem hrlegnortion are "other of sport and/dress vests-made wish itt'o -ibeunderstood that my inventionreletes to all types of -vests.:. fl'heparts 9 or the, vests,; of which theream twolto each Xest', at theirupper one a "neck; band \on the outside .01 ea eh part orside-9,-.join'ed.at the approximatepaokpentei' of jsecuredto the h upperpo'rtiomof therest. long .lthe zlin'efllfl and 7 the rest The outerlining I2 is c ve ing 'the lower" edgesrof .theheok bands, anti theinnerlining l3 jisrsecuredto the facing, The

.whichdo not match the tronsersendfhcoetsflandl Ifiahnerihtwhichthelinings 1.2 and. l=3- are"sec1"1iiei1 in overlapping relation to thelower ,edgesof the 7 .In-the usuel'vest there. would 6513 15351 the 79,1,! l2 and 13, sorthat there. no appreciable thickness at the rear ofthe vest, that is, below .the'lcoaticollaii' negbetween the shoulders,be-

the hollow below 'the Lneek end' between the ,cause. the; mom; andliningfere nsnailylmedof J ,silk rayonhorisimilarthin nia teri'a lr.-Qons'equeht shoulders is. ;not filled whenthe coat. is 'put gon, withthea' result that the. wrinkle appears the According. to my l fventioh;a" substantially crescent-shaped pad, designatedgenerallgjhythe numeral14, ,Eigsfiiarid 2,, is Provided beneath the .stripsllf to layfflbeneathIthefoollar er: the mm; 7

is worn over the vest and permitting free movement of a coat when wornover the vest.

5. In a vest having a relatively narrow strip or neck-band extendingacross the back and 5 forming the top of the back of the vest, a padsecured to the lower portion of said strip in edge to edge relationthereto, and a lining secured to said strip:a.nd covering the pad, saidpad when the vest is worn occupying an area. on the back of the wearerat the base of the neck'between the shoulders and fills out the portionimmedi-r ately below the collar of a, coat when a. coat is 5 worn overthe vest. V

LEO FRUHAUF.

